A man who for trifling payment was believed to take upon himself, by means of food and drink, the sins of a deceased person… Usually each village had its official sin-eater to whom notice was given as soon as death occurred.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910. From All There Is to Know by Alexander Coleman, 1994.
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I realise that most of what I post on here is reblogged from the same few people, but they post the most lovely things and I just can’t help myself.
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